Malaysia
Over a decade of experience working on various projects related to media and communications, primarily as a writer, at times as an assistant project manager.
As a writer, I've written news and features on socioeconomic development for online and printed publications.
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*Portfolio below are selected works
Sarawak Culture & Heritage: Fine Arts (A Series of Features Focusing on Fine Arts for RAKAN Sarawak)
Sarawak’s promotion of the arts includes highlighting the more ‘modern’ artistic painting, which has been an ongoing endeavour since post-World War Two.
Unlike most handicrafts in Sarawak, batik linut, which utilises sago as its key material, is the result of an innovative endeavour by the local community of Kampung Tellian, Mukah with support from the Malaysian Handicraft Development Corporation Sarawak branch.
How Sarawak has been preserving its ubiquitous traditional Malay textile, Sarawak Songket, from community empowerment and education to commercialisation, among others.
A look at the various aspects of the nearly long-forgotten traditional art of Kayan tattoos.
Behind the pua kumbu’s one-of-a-kind designs lie the stories that reflect Iban’s cultural heritage which only its weaver can tell – posing a challenge for researchers in preserving the art of the traditional textile.
A look at a traditional indigenous craft that is rich in culture and history of the Iban community
RAKAN Sarawak (News and Features on Socio-economic Development)
Through major infrastructure projects under IRSDA, DID Sarawak as the implementing agency is on a mission to control Sebuyau District’s susceptibility to coastal floods and erosion, in hopes of ensuring the area’s economic and social prosperity.
For rural communities, the National Information Dissemination Centre or NADI initiative has led to significant impacts in the way they utilise the Internet and technology to improve their digital skills, knowledge and living standards.
S-Sarawak (Features Related to Digital Technology In Line with Sarawak’s Digital Economy Efforts)
For the first time in Malaysia, a clinic at a remote village in Sarawak is introduced to a hybrid solar-hydrogen power generation system, showing a promising and greener future in Sarawak’s rural electrification efforts.
An initiative by the Sarawak Government, S Pay Global - formerly known as Sarawak Pay - aims to digitise and drive Sarawak’s economy, as well as encourage the adoption of cashless payments among Sarawakians.